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Motif

Lightning or cloud as a lifting mechanism

lightning_or_cloud_as_a_lifting_mechanism

A motif of the Ascent and Heavenly Journey family, within the sub-family Lifting by Lightning and Cloud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION. / NATI'NESTHANI.; lines 8632-8652 confidence: high

    A streak of white lightning passes under his feet like a rope from a dark cloud; the passage says the gods are lifting him and that this is how gods lift mortals to the sky.

    White lightning passes under the ascender's feet like a rope and hangs from a dark cloud, with the gods identified as the lifting agents.

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